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Antibiotics also can damage kidney and cause elevated creatinine level. The above are the common drugs which can cause elevated creatinine. If you are taking those drugs over time, you should be monitored by your doctor closely. What else you want to know:
Diuretics should not actually damage the kidneys (except in the case of uncommon allergic reactions, especially to sulfa-containing diuretics such as Lasix). However, by removing water from the circulation, diuretics can raise the levels of BUN and creatinine, which are commonly-used measures of kidney function. When this happens, the BUN and creatinine should go right back down to their previous levels when the diuretic is stopped.